Minister of RForeign Relations, Javier Gonzalez Olaechea, warned the government of Nicolas Maduro that the street demonstrations against the electoral fraud in Venezuela will be “overwhelming,” especially after the persecution that the regime imposed against the opposition.
During his participation in the ceremony for the 203rd anniversary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the minister warned that, after the rejection of the resolution that demanded the government of Nicolás Maduro show the electoral records, the discontent of the population would be seen in the streets, in reference to the march called for this Saturday, August 3.
“That is why it is not a defeat, because the frustration that has been caused, and that has flooded the networks, by not even having achieved this (the publication of the electoral records), which did not require international verification, will lead, I assure or foresee, to an overwhelming turnout in the streets of Venezuela tomorrow,” he declared.
He then announced that his greatest challenge in office would be to contribute to the fall of the Chavista regime in Venezuela.
“Sooner rather than later we will see how a regime that crushes freedom, that threatens, that murders, that tortures and that, after an obvious and uncontestable fraud, intends to continue ad infinitum. Possibly, this will be my greatest challenge as foreign minister: to contribute to the end of this horror soon, because we are all Americans,” he said.
Foreign Minister gives more details on vote at OAS assembly: “There was consensus.”
The foreign minister gave more details about the agreements made before the vote at the extraordinary assembly of the OAS, where the issue would be discussed. topic of the Venezuelan elections.
Gonzales Olaechea said that before the session was held, the representatives met and reached the 18 votes needed to approve the resolution. However, hours before the vote, he was informed that one of the officials had withdrawn his vote.
“Yes, there was consensus, gentlemen. After two days of negotiations, which ended at 11 a.m., there was consensus on the 18 votes needed to approve the draft resolution on the Venezuelan elections. (…) We were summoned, before the start of the session, to a closed meeting. The president of the conference informed us that a country had withdrawn its vote at the last minute, and we were left with 17 votes,” he said.
The chancellor revealed that This official withdrew his vote because he did not agree with the point that demanded that the Venezuelan government have the election results verified by an international mission.
However, Gonzalez Olaechea He did not call this a failure; on the contrary, he expressed hope that a new initiative would emerge in the coming days. OAS following threats from the Maduro government.
“This was a first attempt and not the last. And it seems, I emphasize, it seems that the tendency for a second call is growing in light of the events from Wednesday to date. (…) The already resolved criminal accusation against Mrs. María Corina Machado, Mr. Edmundo Gonzáles and two other collaborators. The reckless statements of Mr. Cabello, which we have all seen on television saying: ‘They want provocation, we will provoke it’,” he recalled.
